Ever Eaten Boiled Cat?

 Sometimes you hear that cats are pets precious and protected in some countries. I get to sometimes thinking whether it makes sense to ever really keep pets. When I recently heard that an Italian Chef had been dismissed from his show for suggesting that cat casserole was indeed a very nice dish.Beppe Bigazzi will not be cooking anymore on his show, or showcasing his flamboyant style after the show's producer and host asked him to apologize but he wouldn't. Things got hair-raisingly scary when the show's host mentioned her pet cat was called "Othello" but Mr. Bigazzi showed no emotion as he went on to explain the intricate cat boiling process.

Having grown up in hard times in the 40's and 30's when times were hard in Italy and food was scarce, it was often a delicacy to score some pussy for food. This was his point of argument and reference.I guess Italians are not starving anymore because the public broadcaster was flooded with calls from thousands of viewers and angry animal rights activists. They laboured to explain that cats were officially pets and were protected by the constitution; "Cats are pets protected by law," from "cruelty, maltreatment and abandonment," said Health Ministry Undersecretary Francesca Martini. Bigazzi's stunt, she said, "hurts sensibility, which is fortunately steadily growing, of citizens toward animals."

A brief history can be found here

But truly today the eaters of cat and feline meals are from the orient. and now it has become quite popular in here : "Water Boiled Live Cat' Dish Gets Popular in Guangdong"  which by the way looks something like this:

Where the cat is beaten with bat until it passes out and then boiled in hot water. apparently myth holds that the more torture and suffering the cat endures the more potent it is as a delicacy and as a stew. The theory behind this is of course mostly rooted in myth and legend, however one has to wonder how one goes about the business of cat eating;

First, put the damn thing in a pan:

Secondly apply hot water to the pan. the pussy should be dead in a few.

3. take it out and skin it.

4. Boil it again and season like any other meat dish.

5. When its done your dish should look like this:

And then serve with a rich red wine.

Some will ask why I posted this recipe? Recently my Creative Director rescued a stray dog and when he came to the office and shared this with a colleague, they insinuated that he was really kind. they then added, quite disastrously, that they knew another colleague who had once dispatched of a stray cat into a pit latrine with no compunctions. the angst and tension since then has been tangible.

SO... I'm posting this to show that across the world pussy eating is not as abhorred as we here in
Uganda think - which is quite strange because Ugandans don't eat cat because they believe its superstitious and felines are demon-infested , or just that they are simply too little to eat.